Growing Up Absurd

The Wary Meyers Kids Shop opens next week!

Above: Wary Meyers Tongue Chair©
A children's chair we customized with new paint job and removable long vinyl tongue cushion.
Makes for totally cute sight when sat upon, and totally fun sound effects when played with.

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Anthology magazine

Our son Fletcher's room is on the cover! Thanks in large part to Keith Kustard and Tomi Ungerer, and of course photographer Seth Smoot and everyone at Anthology.
See a preview of the fantastic issue *here*

More about the stuff in Fletcher's room here and here.
Just out of camera range is the full disclosure of Thomas Trains, Caillou videos, and every plastic truck imaginable.

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Best backyard in town

Serge Chermayeff's Payson House, or "Thornhurst"(1952), in Falmouth Maine.

Photos via the always entertaining Bing Maps Birds-eye view.

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Gary Anderson's Recycle symbol, 1971

Happy Earth Day

-from Barbara Plumb, American Home magazine, March 1971.

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Chez Lalanne, 1978

At home with the fantastic Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, between Paris and Ury, 1978.

From the book Country Houses by Franco Magnani


 Also:http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/artists-francois-xavier-claude-lalanne-abstract-animal-instincts/
http://2thewalls.tumblr.com/post/146529864/atelier-lalanne
http://www.scout-holiday.com/blog/?p=586

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Finnish Bunkbed, with car

Designed by Pirkko Stenroos and manufactured by Muurame.
"The drawers slide out from under the bed on wheels and can quickly be converted into a toybox car equipped even with a steering wheel. It is no surprise that since this form rationally answers the demands of a growing family, it has become one of the most popular furniture forms in Finland."
-from Finnish Design: Facts and Fancy by Donald J. Wilcox (1973)

Unfortunately I don't think Muurame makes the car conversion drawer anymore, but Pirkko Stenroos' designs are alive and well and make us want to redesign our son's room, down to the Invicta-striped, Noddy-esque wardobe.

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77 Hot Items! Our April Fab.com vintage sale.

Including:
A vintage Ulmer Spatz ceramic pretzel flask; a vintage brass hippopotamus box (the poor man's Lalanne ); British steel spring-type book holders; and a giant sticker for Drum tobacco, which hung on my friend's sister's wall in the 70's. Also those ceramic mushrooms, the Summerjam 76 t-shirt, and a bunch more awesome stuff.
Check it out here
If you're not a Fab member here's an invite link:
http://fab.com/fg6yml

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Santa Monica Airlines, 1985

My old Santa Monica Airlines skateboard from 1985, designed by Natas Kaupas with a little help from Frank Frazetta (more here). Sold last year on ebay in an even exchange to buy Linda's new Linus bicycle.

I would've liked to have saved it for our son, but it's a little more satisfying trading it for family bike trips than waiting 10 years to see if it's cool enough (It would be- sorry Fletcher). He did get one ride in, though.

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Pattern Pending

Super cool razzle dazzle pattern block toy designed by Josef Albers' student and biographer Fred Horowitz for Parker Brothers, 1971.

These would be pretty wild in color, too.

(see also): Color Blocks, Valentine

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Happy Easter!

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